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View SlideshowRequest to buy this photoCrater of diamonds state parkTana Clymer, 14, of Oklahoma City, shows off a 3.85-carat diamond she discovered on Saturday at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park. A certificate from the park is in her left hand. Tana said she might use the gem for a ring or for college costs.

Associated Press • Tuesday October 22, 2013 6:19 AM

MURFREESBORO, Ark. (AP) — A 14-year-old girl from Oklahoma City has unearthed a 3.85-carat
diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park.

Tana Clymer discovered the yellow gem on Saturday at the park, which is the only
diamond-producing site in the United States that is open to the public. Tana said she had been
digging in the dirt for about two hours when she discovered the gem on the surface of the search
field.

The diamond is teardrop-shaped and about the size of a jelly bean.

“This canary diamond is very similar to the gem- quality, 4.21-carat canary diamond found at the
Crater of Diamonds by Oklahoma State Trooper Marvin Culver of Nowata, Oklahoma, on March 12, 2006,
a gem he named the Okie Dokie Diamond,” said Bill Henderson, assistant park superintendent.

Tana named her diamond “God’s Jewel,” park officials said.

“Tana told me that she was so excited, she couldn’t sleep last night,” Henderson said on Sunday.
“She’s either going to keep the diamond for a ring, or, if it’s worth a lot, she’ll want that for
college.”

Many diamonds have been found close to the surface so far this year, Henderson said, noting that
heavy rainfall pushes dirt away, leaving the diamond exposed.

Her gem is the 396th diamond found so far this year at the park in southern Arkansas. Other gems
discovered at the state park include agate, amethyst, barite, calcite, garnet, jasper, peridot and
quartz.